Connection for retort mouthpieces



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Patented Aug. 2 4, 1926. l

rmnnnV PLANTINGA, or CLEVELAND, omo.

I CONNECTION FOR RETOBT MOUTHPIECES.

Application led ianuary 11,719.23. Serial No. 612,017.

My invention relates to gas retorts, its object being to provide ya connection between a retort and a standpipe which will be flexible and hence compensate for contraction and expansion, and whereby any one of a battery of retorts may be cut olli from communication with said standpipe when it is desired for any purpose to open the door of the retort.

The said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described and particularly set orthin the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, the disclosed means, however, constituting but one of various ways in which the principle ot the invention may be applied.

ln said annexed drawing:

Fig. l represents a plan of the mouthpiece ot a retort embodying my invention. y

Fig. '2. represents a fragmentary front elevation of a battery of vretorts showing a vertical transverse section of one of the retorte.'

lig., 3 represents a fragmentary front elevation of the said mouthpiece showing parts in a position different from that shown in Fig. 2.

Fig 4 represents a -fragmentary vertical section illustrating a modified form of certain details of construction.

r.lhe illustrated embodiment of my inven tion includes a retort mouthpiece 1 foreach retort 2, such mouthpiece being located outside and in iront of the front wall 3 of the masonry. A vertical standpipe4 is connected with each mouthpiece and hence with each retort 2, through the medium of which, the gases formed in the retorts are taken od. The front of each retort is provided with a suitable door 5.

Each mouthpiece is connected with the.

stand ipe d by means of a conduit 6. This conduit consists ot a part 7 connected with the mouthpiece, and a part 8 mounted independently of thev mouthpiece, and upon said pipe, into which they part 7 discharges. As shown in Fig. 2, part 8 is provided with two upwardly extending iianges 9 and 10.

which torni a receptacle il, and part 7 is ,formed with a downwardly extending flange lf2 projecting into said receptacle. A Huid connection i3 is rovided `which. discharges a suitable liq'ui such as the circulating liquor of the gas plant, as will be understood, into receptacle 11 as shown.

. Alud-sealed universal HeX'ible connectiony is thus formed between'the retort and stand- .pipe which allows expansion and contraction to take place without disturbing or injuring such connection, as will be understood.

. The part 8 is furthermore provided with a downwardly extending dan e le, and adjacent to the latter is secure upon a suitable oscillatory shaft 15, a valve-.member 16 in the form ot a pan-shaped receptacle., The said shaft projects through the side ot the part 8 and has secured to one outer end,

a lever 17 by means of which and said shaft the receptacle 16 may be oscillated and a -horizontal position imparted thereto, as

shown in Fig. .2..

A suitable locking-arm 18 is provided for engaging lever 17, as shown in liig. 3, whereby the receptacle' 16 vmay -be held in such horizontal position.

By disengaging locking-arm 18 from lever 17, the receptacle 16 may be dropped as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The receptacle is of dimensionsy such that, when in its horizontal position, it will catch the overow liquor from the receptacle 1l, and thus, in conjunction with the tlange 12,

`forn'isa valve and duid seal tor controlling 4communication through the conduit. When the anldis full, the overdowing liquid is lid tid

disc arged therefrom into the lowerl art 8 of the conduit, from which it passes into the st'andpipe 4.

When the -gasiying operation is being conducted'l in any one of the retorts, the corresponding receptacle 16 is given its open or dropped position, as shown 1n dot ted lines in Fig. 3, and the gases ot distil lation -are permitted to freel dow from. such retort to the standpipe. iquor is allowed to flow continuously, in suitable amount, from the connection i3 into the receptacle 11, so as to cause a continuous overflow trom thelatter into the conduit.

When it is desired to cut oil7 communication between a retort and the standpipe, as

for instance when for any reason the re tablish such communication, the liquor is discharged therefrom into the conduit fro-n1 whence it flows into the standpipe.

The above described construction of the flexible connection may be modified as shown in Fig. 4, wherein a flange on the part 8 is shown to extend into the part 7,

thereby permitting the elimination of the double wall structure at the end of the part 7, as shown in Fig.l 2, and providing a corresponding simplicity of structure.

As is customary, 1 also provide a suitable spray 19 in the conduit 6, for cooling the gas as it emerges from the retort, as will be understood by those skilled `in the art.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a gas retort, a standpipe arranged alongside of the retort; and a laterally extending conduit establishing communication between the retort and the standpipe comprising two tubular members one of which is secured to the retort and the other to the standpipe and whose adjacent ends are universally flexibly connected.

2. The combination specified in claim 1 with the addition of a valve to close the conduit.

3. The combination specified in claim 1 in which the flexible connection is formedby two overlapping tubular members providing a loose connection, the lower member having a liquid receptacle into which the upper member enters to form a fluid seal.

4. The combination specified in claim 1 in which the flexible connection is formed by two overlapping tubular members providing a loose connection, the lower member having a liquid receptacle into which the upper member enters to form a fluid seal, with the addition of a movable receptacle cooperating with the lower member to form a fluid seal and adapted to open or close the conduit.

5. The combination specified in claim 1 in which the flexible connection is formed by two overlapping tubular members providing a loose connection, the lower member having a liquid receptacle into which the upper member enters to form a uid seal, with the additionof a pivoted pan cooperating with the lower member to form a fluid seal and adapted to open or close the conduit.

. The combination of a gas retort; a

7. The combination specified in claim 6 in which the receptacle is pivo'ted to move toward and from the open end of the tubular member.

8. The combination of a plurality of gas retorts having superimposed mouth pieces; a single standpipe arranged alongside of the retorts; and laterally extending conduits establishing vcommunication between each retort and the standpipe, each conduit comprising .two tubular members one of which is lsecured to the retort and the other to the standpipe and whose adjacent ends are universally flexibly connected.

9. The combination of a gas retort; a standpipe; a conduit connected with said retort and communicating with said standpipe; a flexible connection in said conduit;

a valve within the conduit consisting of aV movable member in the form of a receptacle between the retort and standpipe adapted to contain fluid and a. downwardly extending flange extending into said receptacle, said valve being adapted to control communication through said conduit; and means for supplying fluid to said receptacle.

10. The combination of a gas retort; a standpipe; a conduit connecting said retort and standpipe and including a hydraulically sealed flexible connection a downwardly extending flange in said conduit; a hinged receptacle adapted to be set beneath said flange so as to allow the latter to extend thereinto.;- and a fluid supply adapted to discharo'e into said receptacle.

Signed y me this 3rd day of January,

PIERRE PLANTINGA. 

